Knit foundation for mittens and gloves and method of making the same



UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SALLY M. LEVY, OF MILIVAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

KNIT FOUNDATION FOR MITTENS AND GLOVES AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 273,111, dated February 27, 1883.

Application filed November 6, 1882.

To all whom it may concern: i

Be it known that I, SALLY M. LEVY, of Milwaukec, in the county ofMilwaukee, and in the State of W'isconsin, have invented certain new and usei'ul Improvements in Knit Foundations forMittens and Gloves; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof'.

My invention relates to knit fabrics; and it consists in a web of peculiar construction, together with the method of cutting the same for forming the foundation ot' mittens and gloves, and also in the mitten or glove blank thus con'- structed.

In the drawings, Figure l represents a circular web with thumbs knit thereto,and showing in dotted lines where it is to be cut. Fig. 2 represent-s the same web alter it has been cut on the dotted lines of Fig. l and folded open. Fig. 3 represents one-halt` or hand section of the web shown in Fig. 2 slit for forming the foundation of a glove and Fig. 4 is a view ofa circular seamless web Ylike that shown in Fig. l, but withoutthe knitted thumbs.

A is my circular seamless web, kniton any ordinary circular-knitting machine,which web in Figlhas the thumbs B B knitthereon. Having knit my web, I may full it, if desired, or not, and then I proceed to cut in on the path of the dotted lines shown in Fig. 1, so as to make the blanks for two mittens (or gloves) out of each web. I cut the web on one side from a at the root of the thumb B to the point a', as indicated by the double row of dotted lines at the left of said figure, and on the opposite side of the web I cut the fabric from b at them root of the thumb B to the point b', as indicated by the single row of dotted lines at the right of said figure, and I also cut the fabric 'from the point a' to b and from the point a to b. In Fig. 2, I have left a short part of the fabric on one of these latter lines uncut, as at c, so as to more clearly show the original relative positions of the two mitten-blanks in the web; but it will be understood thatin practice I cutwhollyalongthe line, so as to separate the two blanks.

In order to convert the mitten-blanks into glove-blanks itis only necessary to slit the hand part of the blank, as at d d d in Fig. 3,

and in this condition the mitten or glove (No model.)

blanks may be furnished to the glove-makers, who supply leather, canvas,or other facing for the palm or inside of the mittens or gloves, and

put them on the market in that shape; but my invention is complete when I have finished the foundation, and the goods are sold in this con! dition from the knittingf'actories,the leather or other palms or linings forming no part of my invention necessarily.

In Figs. 2 and 3 the vertical shadedines indicate single thickness or cut portions of my web and the diagonal shade-lines the uncut or circular portions, and one great advantage of mittens and gloves made from myimproved blanks lies in the fact that the wrists and thumbs are seamless. Another advantage is, that two or a pair of mitten-blanks can he cut from a single circular web, there being no waste, whereas with the old method the palm or inside of each glove or mitten had either to be cut out and thrown away, it' made from a cirA cular web before the facing was applied, or otherwise the article would be thick andclumsy, and hence in iiexible goods there was considerable waste, which is avoided by my invention, while if the mitten were cut out of a flat web there would be an objectionable seam in the wrist, as well as more or less waste also.

In Fig. 4, I have shown a thumbless web, which is to be cut exactly as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The object of this is to supply knit foundations to such glove-makers as prefer to make the thumbs of their goods entirelyof the same material as the palm, but otherwise these blanks are knit and cut exactlylikethe others.

VVhle I have shown my webs with the thumbs on opposite sides, so as to make a pair ofmittens or gloves out of each web, it is obvious that the said thumbs may be both knitted on the same side of the web, in which event I would have two lefts 7 or two rights instead of a pair of blanks alter cutting the web, while in the plain web shown in Fig. 4

there are no thumbs, and hence the mitten or glove blanks would be always in pairs necessarily.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A blank or foundation for knit mittens and gloves, having a seamless wrist and a IOO 2 273,lllll palmless hand portion, substantially as shown l nally from a to b' and from d to b, whereby thc and described, and for the purpose set forth. blanks or foundations for a pair of mittens or r 5 2. A blank or foundation for knit mittens gloves are formed from a single circular web and gloves,having a seamless Wrist and thumb with seamless wrists and palnlless hand porand a palmless hand portion, substantially as tions,and WithoutWaste,substantiallyasshown shown and described, and for the purpose set and described, and for the purpose set forth. forth. In testimony that I claim the foregoing I zo 3. The process of making blanks or founda- I have hereunto set my hand, on this 16th day of tions for mittens or gloves, consisting in knit- Oetober,1882, in thepresence of two Witnesses. ting a circular seamless web or tube, and then cutting the same transversely from the point a to a on one side, and from the point b to b' on the other side, and also cutting longitudi- SALLY M. LEVY. Witnesses:

S. S. SToU'r, H. G. UNDERWooD. 

